WHAT: To kick off Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s new show, Built to Amaze!, debuting in New Jersey on Feb. 27th, the circus will host The Greatest Skate on Earth: a fun-filled family-friendly afternoon of ice skating and antics with Ringling Bros. clowns at Floyd Hall Arena. The clowns will perform, skate, entertain and giveaway prizes and tickets to see Built to Amaze!

MORE: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents Built to Amaze!, is an extraordinarily engineered circus experience where children of all ages will find out what it takes to build The Greatest Show On Earth®. The foundation is set and the rising anticipation of high-energy, high-jinx and hilarity is ready to be transported by colorful circus machinery and unleashed from shipping crates right before the audience’s eyes.

Built to Amaze will be in the New York and New Jersey area from February – April 2013. Performances will take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ from February 27 – March 3; the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ from March 6 – 10; Nassau Coliseum on Long Island from March 13 – 17; and Barclays Center in Brooklyn from March 20 – April 1.

Tickets for Built to Amaze are on sale and are available through www.Ringling.com or Ticketmaster.